Blue Jackets | Despite slump, Jackets still in playoff mix

The Columbus DispatchFebruary 19, 2018

Blue Jackets | Despite slump, Jackets still in playoff mix

It's becoming increasingly harder for the Blue Jackets to remain rosy about a season that started spiraling downward at the start of December and is circling the drain. They have lost 11 of their past 15 games and collected 28 points in the past 33 games — the same amount they did during a single month last season. And now, they'll have to play a chunk of their final 23 regular-season games without their captain, forward Nick Foligno, who will be out one to two weeks because of a knee injury. The Jackets also won't have defenseman Dean Kukan for at least one week because of an upper-body injury. Both were hurt during Sunday's 5-2 home loss to the Penguins. Combine that with defenseman Markus